L81.2
L81.2: Freckles
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L81.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for freckles. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L81.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above L81.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L81.2
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on L81: Other disorders of pigmentation
- nevus - see Alphabetical Index
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ephelis, ephelides
- Freckle(s)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under L81
- L81.0Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
- L81.1Chloasma
- L81.3Cafe au lait spots
- L81.4Other melanin hyperpigmentation
- L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified
- L81.6Other disorders of diminished melanin formation
- L81.7Pigmented purpuric dermatosis
- L81.8Other specified disorders of pigmentation
- L81.9Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified